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PROTECT WILDLIFE FROM FLEA AND TICK TREATMENT

Recent research into flea and tick treatments has revealed they are leaching into our environment and impacting everything from birds to mayflies.  If you feel passionate about this issue, why not email the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD).  They are making decisions on the recent consultation now.

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Email Address: consultation@vmd.gov.uk 

Email Subject Line: Concerns About Consultation Decisions​​

 

 

 

 

Dear Veterinary Medicines Directorate​

 

I’m writing to express my concern in the rising evidence that two common chemicals in over-the-counter pet flea and tick treatment, fipronil and imidacloprid, are “linked to increased offspring mortality” in birds and are “in UK waterways at levels that could harm aquatic insects such as mayflies and dragonflies”.

 

 

Whilst veterinary medicine provides crucial protection for animals, it is of equal importance that they are safe in our environment. Unfortunately, in our current regulatory system, the environmental harm of veterinary medicine is not properly accounted for. It is vital that the government seeks alternatives to the parasitic drugs currently used, for the sake of wildlife protection.​

 

 

To tackle the immediate issues that these insecticides pose to our environment, I am asking you to:

 

 

  • Review the distribution of pet flea and tick treatment that contains the chemicals fipronil and imidacloprid, and investigate other options.

  • Wildlife advice is handed out alongside flea/tick treatment purchases.

  • Maintain re-evaluations of veterinary insecticides whenever new research is presented.

  • Include veterinary drugs in the Environmental Quality Standards.

  • Maintain regulation of the assessment and mitigation of environmental risk within veterinary medicine.

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Thank you for your time and consideration.

 

 

Kind regards,​

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